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I was at RV Dental College at JP Nagar, looking for Maltesh Badiger, a theatre director and set desginer. Badiger had offered to loan me whatever I needed from his vast collection of theatre sets, for a play I was helping out with. Badiger, a small simple man walked in. I explained what I needed and he opened up a small room in the basement. It was full of set pieces - doors, thrones, backdrops and more. He told me to choose, and I was lost. He had a solution to create any set I wanted!. When he learnt that…

Butter and Mashed Banana has completed 33 shows, both at theatre festivals as well as public shows. It is the only play from Bangalore in recent times that has been invited to the prestigous Prithvi Theatre Festival, the Kala Ghoda Festival and the Open Space Festival - Himmat. Butter and Mashed Banana has performed across the country. Butter and Mashed Banana  is presented by Harami Theatre. Written in 2005 and performed from the following year, Butter and Mashed Banana has won both critical and mass acclaim over the last five years.SynopsisButter and Mashed Banana is a hilariously funny take on…

Business Mango festival from April 15 Lalbagh is busy organising festivals these days. After grapes and brinjals, it is now the mango festival, to start from 15th April. Organised by horticulture department, the festival signals the arrival of the mango season. Untimely rains during November and December last year had a negative impact on the mango crop. However, the second one was a bumper crop, and mangoes are already available in the Bangalore market. The festival will continue till June end. (Vijaya Karnataka, Tuesday, April 7) Crime 2000 faces in city Rowdies Gallery Now it is official. There are more…

“Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores” - Charles Caleb Colton Even as the world reels under the effect of the economic slowdown, companies catering to the domestic market have not been affected all that much, say experts from various sectors, right here in Bengaluru. What does the downturn mean to industries in this blooming city here? How easy is it for namma students to get jobs this year? Are companies in the city still hiring? Or are they asking employees to swalpa adjust maadi? These are some…

With an MBA and degrees from the NDA Captain has working life that includes 8 yrs service in the Indian Army, 17 years in Farming & Sericulture, and finally, the last 13 years as an entrepreneur and founder of India’s first low cost airline--Air Deccan (and other transit and transport businesses.) Age: 58 years; Assets: Rs 70 crores plus; Criminal Record: None. Q. What are the top priorities of your constituency?Don’t think today you can really look at any party. Could they look at their heart and say that it is acting in the interest of the common good. The…

He has both an MA & LLB and is the Principal of Seshadripuram College. Besides being an educationist, and founder and member of various educational foundations, societies and committees and has participated in JP and Navnirman movements during the Emergency. Age: 63 years; assets: Rs 2.25 crores; No Criminal Record.Q. What are the top priorities of your constituency?See, Bangalore South constituency consists of urban, purely urbane area, semi urban and part of rural pockets.  There are so many national projects, for the urban development. In that urban development projects, I would like to focus on, as I was coming to…

Krishna Byre Gowda, INC, Bangalore South. Masters in International Relations, 5 years of experience in sericulture, development and the voluntary sector. A three time MLA (sitting MLA for Byatarayanpura), has participated in agitations against recent attacks on Churches and saffronization of education. Age: 35 years; Assets: Rs. 1.3 Crores; Criminal Record: None. Q. What are the top priorities of your constituency?See, Bangalore South cannot really be separated from the rest of Bangalore.  So priorities, if you are to set any priorities, I think we have to look at it holistically, Bangalore as a whole. So if you look at Bangalore…

Completed his matriculation. Has been elected as MP for 8 terms. Served as a Minister of State for Railways, Irrigation and Coal, and as Union Minister for Railways. Age: 76 years; Assets: Rs.16.37 Crores; Criminal Record: Offences under Prevention of Corruption Act. Q. What are the Top Priorities of your constituency?Priorities to be power, water, and infrastructure Q. How would you raise there issues in parliament?Various methods which is required to be taken up, that is, pressuring the government highlighting the issues. The services of the state on the Floor of the house. and take participate in debates where ever…

MCom, MBA and LLB. He has been an agriculturist for 10 years and has been a lawyer since 1994. Filed multiple Public Interest Litigations against government acquisition/sale/demolition of property. Age: 44 years Assets: Rs.117.45 crores Criminal Record: Offences related to criminal intimidation Q. What are the top priorities of your constituency?The first priority I give to is health. Health is very important because we can’t pay any, in the sense, if the health is spoiled nothing remains, so the first priority will be to health.The second priority will be employment. Today, the younger generation is suffering without any employment. So…

Elected as MP for Bangalore North in 2004. After completing his BA in Economics, he spent 36 years in the Indian Police and retired as Director General of Police. Age: 66 years; Assets: Rs. 2.55 Crores; Criminal Record: None. Q. What are the top priorities of your constituency?Number one priority will be the development of my constituency in regards to amenities and like roads water connection, electricity supply, health care and the education in primary and middle level where quality education will be encouraged and steps taken to see that the standard of every class is good enough so that…